Flash should be like Recall Button

MAN OF INTELLECT·8/25/2015, 4:22:40 AM·1 votes·746 views

The flash should be a 300-second spell right next to the recall button that DOES NOT count as a summoner spell. Since flash is almost always a go-to tool for every champion, it makes sense to just make it a permanent part of the game, like recall. I mean, wouldn't it be weird if recall were summoner spell?

Anyways, hopefully this idea will increase summoner spell diversity, and increase the pick rate of the "blue spells":

{{summoner:2}} summoner 13 summoner 1 and just a little bit of summoner 6

This way, Riot will still be able to keep those Flashy LC$BIGPLAY$ but increase summoner spell diversity with other things.

Also, I think there could be a couple of minor buffs here:

{{summoner:2}} Range is global, enemies DO NOT know when they have been spied upon with this spell. This still does not reveal stealthed champions. Cooldown increased to 80 seconds, but up to two charges can be gained (sort of like smite) NO cooldown in between uses.

summoner 1 Removes ALL CC immediately, but IN ADDITION, removes all incoming CC completely for the next .25 seconds after the cast (in case of an early misclick/anticipation) and still has the reduced 65% from disables afterwards.

summoner 13 Refunds 40% of max mana to ALL allied champions, no matter where they are on the map. This spell, I believe, could be a useful support tool. Cooldown increased to 240 seconds.

summoner 6 Reduces slows by 10% for the duration as well.

What are your thoughts? Put them down below!

13 Comments

Deep Terror Nami8/25/2015, 4:28:38 AM4 votes

Concerning making Flash a baseline ability, it makes a lot of sense (similar to them giving us Trinkets), but it would also just be replaced by the next best thing (probably TP) and it would now be required.

However, I do think they need to rework the Summoner Spells that are never used competitively (Clarity, Clairvoyance).

joebobby14128/25/2015, 5:16:34 AM2 votes

Here's where I don't like it: It gives high mobility champs even more mobility which they REALLY don't need right now. You clarity buff is WAY too strong, give more mana, larger radius, but global is bullshit. Clairvoyance, the enemy should still know they are being spied on.

So, here's the thing. There are already some champions that can go without flash, for example: Shyvana, Fizz, Shaco, Yi, etc. giving those characters Flash as well, with the only compensation being that you can pick up ghost (because face it, that's going to be the new go-to) it's going to have a little less dominance, but you are still going to see ghost on maybe like 8/10 champs per game.

If Riot truly considered this and really tried to balance the summoner spells around this, maybe it could work. But as is right now, it just wouldn't work very well.

darkdill8/25/2015, 7:04:50 AM2 votes

Your Clarity change wouldn't be allowed because it'd give the top laners of your team too much power for something they're not doing, even if the cooldown was longer.

Clairvoyance charges would definitely be a good improvement. But there'd be no need for a 15 second cooldown between uses. That 15 second CD for Smite only exists to avoid letting players double-Smite Dragon and Baron.

That all said, yes, Flash should be like Recall and should be on everyone, but probably with an increased cooldown. Since it's used by 99% of players, it might as well be mandatory.

Myrddin8/25/2015, 5:45:45 AM1 votes

no just no

i guess if they made it so you could only run 1 spell that'd be fine?

BeatzBoyFTW8/25/2015, 4:38:23 AM1 votes

Olaf summoner 4 summoner 6

Well f*ck......

Hangsterr8/25/2015, 4:36:43 AM1 votes

lol no no flash become like "recall" ? wtf

ok ok let see Amumu flash ult Galio flash ult etc

50000000000000008/25/2015, 4:25:43 AM1 votes

Recall actually used to be a summoner spell, and became like the current state after player requests. I hope this happens too, although I don't want everyone taking Exhaust/Ignite for kill potential.